Dr. Prinsky

English 1102

Second Quiz on Ch. 19: "Prosody: Sound, Rhythm, and Rhyme in Poetry" in RJ7

1. Words describing or conveying jarring or unpleasant sounds are the sound effect called: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

2. Words that are echoic, derived from an imitation in sound of their meaning, are used for the sound effect called: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

3. Words repeating the same consonant sound are used for the sound effect called: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

4. Words repeating the same vowel sound are used for the sound effect called: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

5. Roberts and Jacobs explain that many lines like "So whether it be Rune,/ Or whether it be none"(lines 10-11) in Emily Dickinson's "To Hear an Oriole Sing" as exemplifying which kind of rhyme: (a) heavy stress (b) accented (c) internal (d) slant

6. Roberts and Jacobs cite the lines opening Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"--"Whose woods these are I think I know/ His House is in the village though" (lines 1-2)--as exemplifying which kind of rhyme: (a) near (b) internal (c) triple (d) rising

7. R & J explain that trochaic and double rhymes can be used to create: (a) amusing satire (b) soothing pastoral (c) portentous supernatural (d) steamy erotic (e) solemn philosophy

Review questions

8. In Robert Herrick’s poem “Here a Pretty Baby Lies” (Ch. 13), the predominant rhythm is: (a) iambic (b) trochaic (c) pyrrhic (d) spondaic (e) anapestic

9. The rhythm referred to in the immediately preceding question is appropriate for: (a) chanting (b) crooning (c) cuddling (d) cantering

10. The length of the lines in Robert Herrick’s poem “Here a Pretty Baby Lies” is appropriate in connection with: (a) parents’ unending love (b) children’s attentiveness (c) religious elevation (d) premature death

11. The syllable count in the lines of William Blake’s poem “The Lamb” (Ch. 14) is appropriate in relation to the concept of: (a) triangle (b) cone (c) envelope (d) spiral (e) parabola

12. The length of lines in William Blake’s poem “The Lamb” is appropriate in relation to: (a) childhood (b) religion (c) animals (d) Nature

13. The speaker’s first line describing the modern vessel in John Masefield’s poem “Cargoes” (Ch. 16) -- “Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke-stack” (line 11) -- helps convey a rhythm and motion that are: (a) flexible (b) awkward (c) swift (d) graceful (e) undulating

14. In Wilfred Owen’s poem “Anthem for Doomed Youth” (Ch. 16), the speaker’s assertion about burial services for the young men that “Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle/ Can patter out their hasty orisons” (lines 3-4) makes noticeable use of: (a) assonance (b) rhyme (c) alliteration (d) caesura

15. In the lines referred to in the immediately preceding question, the sound effect referred to helps convey: (a) the roaring of flame throwers (b) the booming of artillery and cannons (c) exploding of hand grenades (d) staccato firing from machine guns

Questions on Robert Herrick’s poem “Upon Julia’s Voice”

16. The title of Robert Herrick’s poem suggests an emphasis on: (a) sexuality (b) language (c) philosophy (d) acoustics

17. In the opening of Robert Herrick's poem "Upon Julia's Voice" -- "So smooth, so sweet, so silv'ry is thy voice" (line 1)-- the most notable sound effect is: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

18. One of the letters used to produce the sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question (and why the sound effect has to be named the “such-and-such sound,” since more than one letter can produce it) is the letter: (a) o (b) c (c) i (d) l

19. Another very specific term for the specific sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding questions (as can be discovered by consulting your collegiate dictionary): (a) sprung rhythm (b) elision (c) sibilance or sigmatism (d) hypercatalectic (e) skeltonics

20. The sound effect referred to in the three immediately preceding questions helps suggest about Julia and her voice that they are: (a) genteel (b) forthright (c) boisterous (d) shallow

21. The second most notable sound effect in the poem is repetition of the sounds created by the letters: (a) k (= c) and ch (b) m and n (c) h and z (= s) (d) b and d

22. The sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question suggests musicality through: (a) humming (b) whistling (c) sighing (d) buzzing

Questions on Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover”

23. The basic meter of the poem is: (a) iambic (b) trochaic (c) spondaic (d) pyrrhic (e) anapestic

24. In number of feet or units the poem is: (a) dimeter (b) trimeter (c) tetrameter (d) pentameter (e) hexameter

25. With reference to the immediately preceding questions, the suggestion is that the subject matter is: (a) heroic (b) common or satiric (c) romantic (d) political or historical

26. The underlying rhyme scheme of the poem is: (a) a-b-a-b (b) a-a-b-b (c) a-b-c-a-b-c (d) a-b-a-b-b

27. The rhyme scheme chosen helps convey: (a) variation and fickleness (b) skewing and disturbance (c) deliberation and perseverance (d) orderliness and control

28. The actual rhyming sounds from one section of the poem to the next (throughout its entire length) could be characterized as: (a) unified (b) cyclical (c) disparate (d) retrograde

29. The prosodic component referred to in the immediately preceding question helps characterize the speaker’s mental state as: (a) scattered (b) obsessive (c) backwards (d) purposeful

30. The speaker’s inner state in “Three times” to “a stain” (lines 40-45) is partly conveyed by which kind of rhythmical effects: (a) iambic (b) trochaic (c) spondaic (d) pyrrhic (e) anapestic

31. The speaker’s inner state in the passage referred to in the immediately preceding question, partly suggested through the rhythmical effect noted, is: (a) flowing (b) magical (c) turbulent (d) breathless (e) reserved

32. In the speaker’s statement that “That moment she was mine, mine, fair, / Perfectly pure” (lines 36-37) the most notable component from rhythm and meter is: (a) assonance (b) alliteration (c) onomatopoeia (d) cacophony

33. The sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question helps convey all of the following in the speaker, except which one: (a) excitement (b) possessiveness (c) admiration (d) sensitivity

34. A noted effect to be found in “And I untightened” through “as before” (lines 46-49) and “Her head” through “gained instead” (lines 51-55) is: (a) euphony in the musical vowels and consonants (b) alliteration on the g sound (c) onomatopoeia in the strangled guttural consonants (d) assonance on the eh sound

35. The sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question helps suggest the speaker’s: (a) identification with a social climber (b) expressiveness in an emotional high (c) urgency in need for church confession (d) mournfulness in guilty regret

36. A predominant repetition of the s sound mainly helps express: (a) the poem’s setting (b) the speaker’s comforting of the beloved (c) Satan’s influence in the actions (d) the beloved’s flightiness